China's quality watchdog confirmed it has rejected two cargoes of dried distillers grains (DDGs) from the United States after detecting the presence a genetically modified (GMO) strain not yet approved by Beijing, Xinhua News Agency reported. It quoted a spokesman with the General Administration of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) as saying that the cargoes of DDGs, a corn by-product, were turned away from the eastern Chinese port city of Shanghai on Dec. 23. The shipments were found to contain traces of the unapproved MIR 162 variety of corn developed by Syngenta. Traders told Reutersthat about 2,000 tons of DDGs had been turned away in Shanghai. The move followed the rejection of more than half a million tons of MIR 162-contaminated U.S. corn. (Reuters)